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In this 6 x 60 BBC2 series and accompanying book, Carol Klein tells the story of a year in her stunning garden at Glebe Cottage in Devon
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In this wonderful gardening journal, which accompanies the BBC2 series of the same name, Carol Klein, with characteristic warmth and eloquence, tells us the story of a year in her beautiful garden at Glebe Cottage. With superb photography throughout, she takes us on a procession through the seasons, as she plans and plants, sows seeds and nurtures cuttings, tends the borders, and harvests her crops.
Her energy, knowledge and enthusiasm are an inspiration in every month of the year.
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81 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a rather beautifully produced, heavy book, with a cloth spine just like Monty Don's Ivington or Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries. The photography by Jonathan Buckley is really gorgeous, at its best in tiny details and landscape views. And beyond the aesthetic element there's the main attraction: Carol Klein's writing, very inspiring, knowledgable, and open and friendly too.
The book is arranged month by month and covers a year in the life at Glebe Cottage- Klein's family home for many years, and where she runs her nursery business. Gardening books that are also garden diaries have a special charm, and this one is particularly delightful for its strong sense of the seasonal changes from snowdrops to bluebells to euphorbias to gladioli ("a divisive issue amongst gardeners":-)).
You can count on Carol for an unusual view of things and a lifetime of expertise to share. There's the element of chance: encounters with wildlife, unexpected plant combinations and honesty about things going wrong. As you'd expect from a nurserywoman, she is passionate about propagation and there's some good tips. And of course the book offers the delights of knowing exactly what plants a gardener you admire has in their plot.
This is not a reference book, it's a gorgeous take-to-bed winter gardening book which will give pause for thought, bring new plants into your life, and just remind you how much you are looking forward to spring. I'm so glad that BBC books have finally seen fit to publish Carol Klein, who is a wonderful gardening writer, in the kind of style she has always deserved. Don't be deceived by her brightly coloured, slightly punky outfits and hairdos: this is a really classy book, as classy as the gardener herself.
The book is arranged month by month and covers a year in the life at Glebe Cottage- Klein's family home for many years, and where she runs her nursery business. Gardening books that are also garden diaries have a special charm, and this one is particularly delightful for its strong sense of the seasonal changes from snowdrops to bluebells to euphorbias to gladioli ("a divisive issue amongst gardeners":-)).
You can count on Carol for an unusual view of things and a lifetime of expertise to share. There's the element of chance: encounters with wildlife, unexpected plant combinations and honesty about things going wrong. As you'd expect from a nurserywoman, she is passionate about propagation and there's some good tips. And of course the book offers the delights of knowing exactly what plants a gardener you admire has in their plot.
This is not a reference book, it's a gorgeous take-to-bed winter gardening book which will give pause for thought, bring new plants into your life, and just remind you how much you are looking forward to spring. I'm so glad that BBC books have finally seen fit to publish Carol Klein, who is a wonderful gardening writer, in the kind of style she has always deserved. Don't be deceived by her brightly coloured, slightly punky outfits and hairdos: this is a really classy book, as classy as the gardener herself.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I would highly recommend this book. Each photograph is very well composed with excellent attention to detail to evoke not only the relevant season, but also to impart planting ideas for a natural look and use of colour, which some critiques might say is chaotic but, is definitely the authentic English Cottage Garden look. There is also an abundance of plant information and tips. This lady definitely has a gift for being in harmony with nature. She has the same harmony with people who increasingly identify with her approach to gardening.
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Hurrah for Carol Klein!
Another well constructed and highly enjoyable book to accompany a new TV series about this cottage garden in Devon.
Both text and pictures are well laid out and the reader is introduced to the seasons within the garden.
Its just the thing to get us through the gloom of winter and fire up our imaginations of what could be in our plots!
Another well constructed and highly enjoyable book to accompany a new TV series about this cottage garden in Devon.
Both text and pictures are well laid out and the reader is introduced to the seasons within the garden.
Its just the thing to get us through the gloom of winter and fire up our imaginations of what could be in our plots!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Carol's loveliest book so far
This sumptuous book is a personal account of Carol Klein's year in her own garden, with the usual superb photography from her long-time collaborator, Jonathan Buckley. Read more
Published 2 months ago by downkiddie
Origional
This is a book for gardeners with an appreciation for the less formal type of garden where plants fit the garden rather than being placed geometrically within a planned space. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A.W.Fitter of No2 RS
A 5 Star gardening book from Carol of Gardeners world fame
Carol takes us through her gardening year from January to December with a breathtaking kaliderscope of words and stunningly beautiful photographs. Read more
Published 4 months ago by raygolf
Great
This is an excellent book and accompanies the BBC tv series
Well done on this book and the tv programme.
Well done on this book and the tv programme.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. SA Harrison
a gem
I just discovered the bbc-series and book and instantly got hooked on both of them ... this bbc-book is my most favorite book on gardening by far ... it reads novel-like ... Read more
Published 9 months ago by stefan koehler
Inspirational gardening
I saw this at a friend's house and couldn't put it down! Carol Klein takes the reader through her garden for a year with tips on propagation and plant care illustrated with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mrs. H. M. Payne
Oh Dear!
Maybe it is me but I expected more from Carol Klein. This is a diary not a book. Sorry Carol!
Published 11 months ago by P. Locke
Gardeners delight
This book was superb in content,well written & informative,touched with humour & as the author
is in our locality we intend to pay her garden a visit asap. Read more
is in our locality we intend to pay her garden a visit asap. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Nutmeg
OK
I always get some really good ideas from Carol Klein but find her writing style quite difficult as it always leaves me feeling sad and depressed. Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. DAVIS
life in a cottage garden
well written, you can really feel the enjoyment Carol gets from the garden and it rubs off on the reader, full of enthusiasm.
Published 13 months ago by val
Listmania!
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